Now that a number of orchestras have released their deficit/surplus information of the 2003-2004 season it is interesting to look at those figures in a different way.
For the 03-04 season the following major orchestras break down their losses or gains in the follow manner:
Cleveland
(deficit)
Milwaukee
(deficit)
Buffalo
(deficit)
Seattle
(surplus)
Year
$4,250,000.00
$2,900,000.00
$1,100,000.00
$303,000.00
Month
$354,166.66
$241,666.66
$83,333.00
$25,250.00
Week
$81,730.76
$55,769.23
$21,153.84
$5,826.92
Day
$11,643.83
$7,945.20
$3,013.69
$830.13
Hour
$485.15
$331.05
$125.57
$34.58
Minute
$8.08
$5.51
$2.09
$57.00
Second
$0.13
$0.09
$0.03
$0.01
In the average amount of time it takes for most people to read through this article:
Cleveland lost $6.63
Milwaukee lost $4.59
Buffalo lost $1.53
Seattle saved $0.51.
Of course, the way money moves through an orchestra isn’t anything like this but it does give you reason to pause and look at it all from a different point of view.
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